SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Republicans are vastly outspending Democrats in fall legislative races with the help of a wealthy governor determined to upend the state’s political establishment. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has contributed $16 million to fund GOP candidates in House and Senate races to try to loosen the Democrats’ supermajorities in each chamber.…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – John Slayton and the Illinois State Fairgrounds Foundation have their work cut out for them. Gov. Bruce Rauner named Slayton, Springfield banker, last month to head the new organization formed to raise money for repair and maintenance of the long-ignored state fairgrounds. The price tag: $180 million. Fair foundations in nearby states Minnesota…

( KTRS ) Gov. Jay Nixon is in St. Louis Monday greeting those attending the 48th annual Midwest U.S.-Japan Association Conference. The conference will be attended by the Governors of several Midwest states, government officials from Japan and representatives of businesses from both countries. Japan is Missouri’s fourth-largest trading partner, the country imported $507 million…

A man who was shot by a city marshal outside the St. Louis City Hall is now facing criminal charges. 34 yr old Kevin George of Collinsville IL, was released from the hospital Saturday and then taken to the St. Louis City Justice Center, where he is held on a $50,000 cash-only bond. He has…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ debt to the state’s health care providers continues to grow in the wake of the failure by legislators and the governor to agree on a budget. The Illinois Legislature’s bipartisan Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability reported in July that payment delays to insurance companies and providers for state employee…